Cocaine Blues

= Strum once Play this lead when you go back to at the beginning of each verse: E|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|----0-2-3---------------| E|--3---------------------| Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head Got up next mornin' and I grabbed my gun I took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good run but I run too slow They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico Layed in the hot joint takin' the pill In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown, You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down" "Yes, Oh Yes, My name is Willy Lee, If you've got a warrant just read it to me, Shot her down because she made me slow, I thought I was her daddy but she had five more" When I was arrested I was dressed in black They put me on a train and they took me back Had no friend for to go my bail They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail The next mornin' about a half past nine I spyed a sheriff comin' down the line He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat He said "Come on, you dirty hack to the district court...." Into the courtroom my trial began Where I was held by twelve honest men Just before the jury started out I saw that dirty judge commence to look about In about five minutes in walked a man Holding the verdict in his right hand The verdict read "In the first degree...." I hollered "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me!" The judge smiled as he picked up his pen Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State pen Ninety-nine years underneath that ground I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down Come on you gotta listen unto me N.C. Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.... Sooey!